Froggie24 @froggie24.bsky.social · 02/09/2026If you're feeling tired, remember you've lived through the greatest global pandemic since 1918, and you're currently living through the end of the rules based social order and the stable climate that has sustained human civilisation for almost 12,000 years. It feels hard because it is. 021
Froggie24 @froggie24.bsky.social · 02/09/2026It blows my mind that America has the least efficient healthcare system in the world and our govt is busily trying to replicate it in NZ. The only winners from this are private healthcare and insurance companies - and we are 100% buying the bullshit they're slinging. 000
Froggie24 @froggie24.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Possibly, here's a novel idea, we could do more to build Northland's economy by investing into companies in Northland, supporting start ups, giving out science and innovation grants - just basically anything that would provide a better return than building a massive new state highway 70 km away. 010
Froggie24 @froggie24.bsky.social · 02/09/2026We need to stop burning coal or our planet will burn. it is that simple - share your story here about why you want to protect Denniston. 350.org.nz/coal/350.org.nzStop Denniston’s Coal Monster 000
Reposted by Froggie24Forest & Bird @forestandbird.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Forest & Bird is backing the avatar moth – a tiny, beautiful, day-flying moth that lives only on the Denniston Plateau. It was discovered in 2012 and named after the film because its home – like Pandora – is under threat from a mining company. 074
Froggie24 @froggie24.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I like Whangarei, I want Northland to be a more successful place and lifted out of poverty. But spending $9 (?) billion building 26 km of new highway which finishes more than 70 km AWAY from Whangarei (total pop. ~100,000) is not a sensible investment. www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/09/01/w...greaterauckland.org.nzWarkworth to Te Hana deal to cost us over $9,000,000,000? - Greater AucklandA few weeks ago, I asked This differs from the ‘nominal value’, aka the amount of money that is actually paid (without adjusting for change in value due to inflation). In the MCERT documents, the brea... 163
Reposted by Froggie24Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Compensation for time & effort spent on unsuccessful bids? Nice! Gosh, *imagine* if arts funding worked this way, or science and research, or indeed any gig whatsoever? "So sorry you didn't get the role, but here's a bunch of cash for making it this far. Best wishes for your work going forward!✨🥰 " 1113760
Reposted by Froggie24Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Really enjoying these explanations like "no, those houses were all built on existing land that I owned (that I will naturally rent out because why else do I have them)" & "I HAD to buy a house in Paihia to save tax money" People are dying, Kim. #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/green-par...nzherald.co.nz‘It was my wife's home’: Three more MPs say Tamatha Paul's viral ownership claims are falseGreen Party MP took swing at many MPs, claiming they are taking advantage of rental laws. 139827
Reposted by Froggie24Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 02/09/2026One for all you train nerds... the gate to the Vatican train station, only opened when a train goes through which is not often. 2443177
Froggie24 @froggie24.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I look at both National and Labour refusing to raise fuel taxes - both short-sighted in different ways. I just wonder if as well as struggling with the cost of living, New Zealanders just actually want the government to be adults, to confront difficult issues, to think about the future. 000
Froggie24 @froggie24.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Love this article - great insight into the short term thinking that seems to permeate NZ politics right now. 053
Reposted by Froggie24Oliver L @eey0re.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Afaik, TPU's data (ratepayersreport.nz) just comes from LGOIMA requests. It's wild that instead of just asking WCC - their customer - for up-to-date accurate data, Deloitte used old misinterpreted LGOIMA data from a TPU website instead. That's exactly what an LLM would do. 183
Reposted by Froggie24Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The Earth will cross the 1.5 degrees warming limit that everyone agreed to in the Paris Accord. Thank all those politicians that delayed and weakened the vital climate policies, and still do. It’s not them who’ll pay the price, but you and your children. apnews.com/article/clim...apnews.comGlobal warming will exceed limit, UN says in a report that maps path to get back below danger zoneIn a strategic retreat, the United Nations concedes that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst impacts of global warming. 18553304
Reposted by Froggie24Julietuatara @julietuatara.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Two of these reports would fund our social service community organisation for ONE WHOLE YEAR. Also, I’m quite good at excel so maybe I should do the next one? 1105
Reposted by Froggie24scilion.bsky.social @scilion.bsky.social · 02/09/2026MPs are claiming their partners property doesn't count, so can disabled, beneficiaries, students start claiming the same? We seem to have a hard time deciding when an adult is independent too, is it voting age 18? job seeker age 20? As a student 25? Well undergrad, PG can't get allowance. #Nzpol 413858
Reposted by Froggie24Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 02/09/2026These MFers. Having a partner who earns over $65k is reason enough to cancel a disabled persons main benefit AND their supplementary benefits, driving the household i to material hardship and poverty. Damn straight their partners houses should count. #nzpol 08924
Froggie24 @froggie24.bsky.social · 02/09/2026This story just sparked an insight for me. The type of work that Big 4 consultants do - writing high level reports with sweeping statements and broad recommendations - is perfectly suited to being done by AI. And all those reports saying AI will boost productivity are written by consultants 120
Froggie24 @froggie24.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Methanex leaving would provide the perfect excuse for the government to drop their LNG terminal. But, no, they're still 100% committed to this mad idea. Simeonism: www.1news.co.nz/2026/09/02/m...1news.co.nz 000
Reposted by Froggie24Robot Muldoom @robot-muldoom.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Government: 'Every mother gets a 3-day postnatal stay.' Officials: 'That needs $100m and 175 beds.' Government: 'Here's $34.4m and a press release.' Bed not included. #nzpolstuff.co.nzThe Government announced a three-day stay in maternity care for new mums. It didn’t fund the bedsThe Ministry of Health advised 175 extra beds would need to be added with a price tag in excess of $100m. 14323
Reposted by Froggie24Trevor Nicholls @aquatarkus.bsky.social · 16/06/2026It’s kinda tragic that confessing that you have to deliberately underpay 50% of the populace in order to reach your budgetary requirements isn’t a career-ending move #nzpol 07628
Reposted by Froggie24Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Goldsmith admits breaching Public Record Act in ongoing chats with broadcasting bosses. #NzPolnewsroom.co.nzMinister still chats to broadcast chairs off-record, with no ‘little notebook’Media Minister Paul Goldsmith ran into political flak over a call from the TVNZ chair in which an editorial matter over political coverage was raised. 73919
Froggie24 @froggie24.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Regular remind that the government is currently consulting on a law change that would make up to 60% of the conservation estate eligible for sale for private development, hotels, mines etc. Submissions are due 2 July. More information here: www.forestandbird.org.nz/campaigns/sa...forestandbird.org.nzSave Conservation Land – Amendment BillFind out moreAttend our webinar on Thursday, 18 June to learn more about the Bill and submit. 010
Reposted by Froggie24Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 16/06/2026"Almost a third of the hospitals using Palantir's platform report a decline in the number of operations performed." So much for speeding up the NHS...🙄 www.ft.com/content/a3e94197-87a8-4b…ft.comPalantir NHS claims rely on just a few hospitalsData shows some trusts have delivered fewer operations since adopting the US company’s technology 211878
Reposted by Froggie24Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 13/06/2026The Dutch mobility system isn't just built around cycling. It's built around bike-train intermodality: cycling solves the train's convenience problem and the train solves cycling's range problem. Together, they offer an attractive alternative to driving on a mass scale. WATCH: youtu.be/jq93DgLvmFc 381624440
Reposted by Froggie24Ben Gracewood @ben.gracewood.nz · 15/06/2026RNZ canvassing economists to pick over public transport subsidies literally (like actually literally) ONE THOUSAND TIMES SMALLER than a single RON. 49241
Reposted by Froggie24Patrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland @patrickreynolds.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Hey RNZ when you have finished chasing every conceivable edge case for this very cheap proposal, could spare some time to look at the massive $50+billion vast hole that is the govt’s transport policy? 1215866
Reposted by Froggie24Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Canadian Privacy Commissioner’s report on Grok’s sexualised deepfakes www.priv.gc.ca/en/opc-actio... #TFGBV 035
Reposted by Froggie24Friends of the Earth Australia @foe.org.au · 15/06/2026'Last month, Friends of The Earth released a report with Beyond Fossil Fuels that found the average Irish household may have paid an estimated $589 in additional electricity costs between 2015 & 2023 due to the "intensity of data centre presence" on Ireland's Single Electricity Market grid'. 22014
Reposted by Froggie24Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 15/06/2026It's wild how unusual it is to see consequences for a company actively choosing to install automated aesthetically-plausible lying software on top of its information retrieval service. This should be the god damn norm 210327
Froggie24 @froggie24.bsky.social · 15/06/2026London created a low emissions zone, cleaned up their air and literally saved hundreds and thousands of lives. We have normalised the cost of our car-dependent cities to the point we can't even see it anymore. 010
Reposted by Froggie24Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 15/05/2026This is REALLY important. The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature/green in cities ISN’T the density of buildings or the density of people — it's the density of CARS. And the better designed your density of people and buildings is, the fewer cars you need or want. #UrbanTruth 723767
Reposted by Froggie24Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10/06/2026“The city’s transition away from the car, tho fantastically chaotic, has become a global role model. Under mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social, Paris was ‘the most influential city in the world’ says Canadian urbanist Brent Toderian. Hidalgo, stepping down after 12 yrs, exulted: ‘The bike beat the car.’”ft.comHow Paris beat the carThough chaotic, the city’s transition has become a global role model 7575159
Froggie24 @froggie24.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Move on orders will criminalise children experiencing homelessness. www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu...rnz.co.nzMove-on orders will 'criminalise children experiencing homelessness' - public health expertsThe move-on Bill could create "a new pathway into the criminal justice system", according to a new briefing. 010
Froggie24 @froggie24.bsky.social · 15/06/2026He wrote what now? David Seymour signs off an email to a constituent with "Are you ready to accept you've just had a beating?" What a remarkable way to defend a $17K parking bill. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...stuff.co.nz‘Are you ready to accept you’ve just had a beating?’: Seymour sorry for lashing out at woman in emailThe ACT leader accused a concerned voter of “lazy thinking” after she wrote in with concerns about his minister spending $17k on airport parking. 040
Reposted by Froggie24Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Am I reading this right? The NZ Govt is not proposing to properly protect endangered dolphins, in order to access the US market, rather it plans to continue the killing but sell the fish elsewhere? newsroom.co.nz/2026/06/11/g...newsroom.co.nz 0159
Reposted by Froggie24Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝 @greenflorence.bsky.social · 12/06/2026#GoodNews for the Waikato river and catchment. Finally a court decision to stop the pollution by farming, industry and landowners. Over time. And not guaranteed as the government's proposed Natural Environment and Planning Bills could override it. Sadly. #nzpol share.google/hQPGI5wQFsHV...share.googleRiver iwi celebrate landmark victory after more than a decade of legal battlesRiver Iwi say a landmark Environment Court ruling strengthens efforts to restore the Waikato and Waipā rivers while reaffirming Te Ture Whaimana. 12512
Reposted by Froggie24D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Simeon Brown thinks it’s okay to waste up to a billion dollars of taxpayer money on a terminal NZ clearly does not need but using taxpayer money to make PT more affordable for everyone is ‘wasteful’. “Officials redacted advice showing 'low need' or no need for LNG imports”rnz.co.nzOfficials redacted advice showing 'low need' for LNG importsGovernment officials tried to redact advice pointing to a "low need" for the facility and, in some cases, no need at all. 66122
Reposted by Froggie24Bronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social · 15/06/2026I despair about the NZ govts latest decision to end tax rebates for charities donations over 100k. NZD This hits research right when the govt also slashed humanities/ social sciences/ arts & science funding Last year alone my teams depended on amazing donors for climate work This shuts all doors 311753
Reposted by Froggie24Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 15/06/2026This morning scrolling Bluesky, there is nothing at all in my feed about Putin’s barbaric attack on the Ukraine’s holiest site, the UNESCO protected Lavra so I’m posting this here. 19746722341
Reposted by Froggie24Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15/06/2026French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot: “Last night, Russia once again showed the full extent of its cruelty, striking Kyiv massively and causing extremely severe damage to the Dormition Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage site. 1/2 220253
Reposted by Froggie24Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Time for me to repeat one of my ‘sayings’. If you try to solve a problem by passing a law, but people don’t obey the law, you now have two problems where you used to have one. 381281381
Froggie24 @froggie24.bsky.social · 15/06/2026The growth in support for populist, anti-immigration parties like One Nation is partly due to growing hardship and peoples' fear in an increasingly insecure world. But it's also likely due to Russian disinformation. Do western govts plan to do anything about that? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comAmplifying doubt: How Russian trolls leveraged pandemic uncertainty for strategic gainThe COVID-19 pandemic was not just a public health crisis but a crisis of confidence—one that revealed the fragility of public trust in scientific expertise, democratic institutional governance, an... 130
Reposted by Froggie24Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 09/06/2026ACTUAL GOOD NEWS ALERT 🍾 battery discharge on Australia's main grid just overtook gas peaking plants. Not long before it overtakes *all gas combined*. Not long before renewables overtake coal, too. None of this was meant to be possible!!!!!!!!!!!! explore.openelectricity.org.au/energy/nem/?... 9554184